General Records of the Department of the Treasury. 1775 - 2005. Personnel Files of Notable Treasury Employees

Burroughs, John, 1837-1921

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American naturalist and writer. From the description of Poem 1917. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 49995946 One of America's great naturalist authors. From the description of Memorabilia, 1905-1931. (Hartwick College). WorldCat record id: 27057683 American teacher, naturalist, poet, and essayist of national prominence. Friend of Walt Whitman; influenced by Thoreau, Carlyle, and Emerson. Employed accurate observations of nature, scientific re...

Henson, Matthew Alexander, 1866-1955

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Matthew Alexander Henson (b. August 8, 1866, Nanjemoy, MD, – d. March 9, 1955, The Bronx, New York) was the first African-American Arctic explorer and an associate of Robert Peary on seven voyages over a period of nearly 23 years. Henson served as a navigator and craftsman, traded with Inuit and learned their language, and was known as Peary's "first man" for these arduous travels. During the 1909 expedition to Greenland, Henson accompanied Peary in the small party, including four Inuit men, ...

Melville, Herman, 1819-1891

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Herman Melville (b. Aug. 1, 1819, NY, NY–d. Sept. 28, 1891, NY, NY) was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet of the American Renaissance period. His best known works include Typee (1846) and his whaling novel Moby-Dick (1851). His writing draws on his experience at sea as a common sailor, exploration of literature and philosophy, and engagement in the contradictions of American society in a period of rapid change. He developed a complex, baroque style; the vocabulary is rich and or...

Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892

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Walt Whitman (1819-1892), poet and author. From the description of Walt Whitman collection, 1842-1949. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702172830 Poet, journalist, essayist. From the description of Letter, 1863 July 27-1863 Sept. 9. (New York University). WorldCat record id: 477038304 American author. From the description of Letter to Mary E. Van Nostrand, 1890 November 28. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 49377819 America...

Mills, Robert

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Johnson, William, d. 1864

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William Johnson (d. Jan. 1864), was a barber and bootblack who worked for President Lincoln for a year before accompanying him to Washington. President Lincoln successfully sought a position for Johnson in the Treasury Department in November 1861, where Johnson was then employed as a laborer and messenger. Johson accompanied President Lincoln to Gettysburg as his presidential valet and probably contracted varioloid about the same time President Lincoln contracted it. Mr. Lincoln recovered, but J...

Krzyzanowski, Wladimir, 1824-1887

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Civil War hero and governor of Alaska. From the description of Memorial papers, 1930-1961. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155450372 ...

Johnson, Solomon James, 1844-1885

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African American barber to Abraham Lincoln and U.S. Treasury Dept. clerk, of Washington, D.C. From the description of Solomon James Johnson collection, 1864-1972. (Moorland-Spingarn Resource Center). WorldCat record id: 70960422 ...

Mullett, A. B. (Alfred Bult), 1834-1890

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Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864

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Nathaniel Hawthorne, American author. From the description of Nathaniel Hawthorne manuscript material : 1 item, ca. 1853-1857 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 301761440 American author, writer of romances, stories, and juvenile works. Born July 4, 1804, in Salem, Mass.; died May, 1864, in Plymouth, N.H. Sometime resident of Concord, Mass. Graduated from Bowdoin College in 1825. Hawthorne's association with the Boston publishing firm of Ticknor and Fields began ...